tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post306444604802321122..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Friends to Columbus, but not to truthNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27630071510896952882020-03-02T15:30:00.541-06:002020-03-02T15:30:00.541-06:00As someone who once regarded himself as an Irish n...As someone who once regarded himself as an Irish nationalist, even though I was at least 3 generations from Ireland and 8 years old at the time, I hesitate to join in the critique of the overweening pride of Italian Americans in a cultural icon such as Christopher Columbus. It's clear to me that the Irish who gained liberty for a portion of Ireland were often brutal terrorists and that Columbus was a cynical, money grubbing, exploiter of a people he recognized as unable to fight back. I'm certain that Nick Sposato and Anthony Napolitano cannot now admit the least of Columbus's sins. A prime example of how truth suffers in the face of expedience.l<br /><br />john tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50708410039655178302020-03-02T11:40:28.202-06:002020-03-02T11:40:28.202-06:00I've been baffled for years, why we can't ...I've been baffled for years, why we can't get Balbo renamed for Fermi!<br />Balbo was a Fascist Mussolini supporter, while Fermi left Italy to protect his wife, who was Jewish, even though Mussolini said he'd protect her.<br />Fermi then went on to create the first nuclear reactor, here in Chicago & start the race to build the A-bomb, which ended WWII.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com